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An altitude. we're aiming just over the carmen line, the internationally recognized line of space of 100 kilometers, about 328,000 feet, and a gorgeous view down the rocket. now we've had main engine cutoff, the be 3 engine shus off. in just a moment we'll separate the capsule from the booster. at that point our astronauts will have an opportunity to get out of their harnesses and enjoy the beauties of zero g. let's wait to listen . there you can see a clean separation between the capsule and the booster.

In a nominal orbit. in a few minutes here we'll begin opening that -- excuse me, in a few minutes we'll separate from the second stage and shortly after that we'll begin opening that nose cone. at the same time, we landed our first stage on the drone ship, which is super exciting. >> that's the second stage action wasn't exciting enough. >> so there's that mbac engine like we mentioned before. it has already shut down. an event known as second engine cutoff and the crew are now -- >> cal, it sounds like the first booster landed successfully. our civilian crew, look, happy and healthy as they a...

>> there it is. i think -- i think it may have just touched down. we'll get confirmation of that, but i think if the rockets went off, it may be down. we'll get confirmation on that. the one on the right, that's definitely the second booster rocket. they can fire it multiple times if they need to. sort of what we were talking about, it is the reusing of these materials to make it cheaper hopefully to open the door to this quote, up quote, space tourism. they're trying to get four civilians onto the international space station. they're trying to take some of the specialty out of this. they're t...

>> stand by. >> okay. >> mark. capability. >> roger. >> houston, be advised the visual is go today. >> this is houston, roger out. >> altitude is 100 miles. down range 883 miles. outboard engine cutoff. >> and ignition. >> mission confirmed. thrust is go, 11. >> and we have a good third stage now. >> velocity, 23,128 feet per second. down range 1,000 miles, altitude, 101 miles.

>> this is houston, roger out. >> altitude is 100 miles. down range 883 miles. outboard engine cutoff. >> and ignition. >> mission confirmed. thrust is go, 11. >> and we have a good third stage now. >> velocity, 23,128 feet per second. down range 1,000 miles, altitude, 101 miles. >> apollo 11 this, is houston at 10 minutes, you are go. >> and roger, 11.